Non-refillable bottle.



No. 861,049. PATENTBD JULY 2a, 1907. w. L. PBFLBY.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE. APrLIoATIoN 21mm mn. ze. 1907.

WILLIAM L. PEFLEY, OF MURRIETTA, CALIFORNIA.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

Application filed March 26, 1907.l Serial No. 364,676.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. PEFLEY, a citizen oi the United States of America, residing at Murrietta, in the county of Riverside and State oi California, have invented new and useiul Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles7 oi which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to non-refillable bottles, and one of the principal objects oi the sameis to provide a bottle which may be cast in a single piece and provided with means whereby the bottle cannot be refilled aiter the, contents have been withdrawn, and in which valves are entirely dispensed with.

Another object oi the invention is to provide a nonrefillable bottle with an air vent which will permit the bottle to be filled, said air vent being closed after the bottle is filled to prevent refilling oi the bottle.

These and other objects may be attained by means oi the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure lis a central vertical section taken through a bottle made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken on the line 2-2, Fig. l, and looking in the direction indicated by the arrows. Fig.

3 is a similar view taken on the line 3-3, Fig. l, and

looking in the direction indicated by the arrows therein.

Fig. 4 is a vertical section oi the upper portion oi the bottle, and showing the cork or stopper applied thereto. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5, Fig. 4, and looln'ng in the direction indicated by the arrows. Referring to the drawing ior a more particular description 0i my invention, the numeral 1 designates the bottle body which may be round, square or any other suitable shape, and of any required size and contour; 2 is the neck oi the bottle. A tube 3 which may be formed separately from the bottle, andsecured to the bottle body by fusing the glass, or in any other suitable manner, extends-from the mouth 4 oi the bottle down through the neck and is then inclined toward the bottom 5 of the bottle toward one side oi the bottle body. The tube 3 is provided with an inclined lower end provided with a series of perforations 6. An air vent 7 extends irom the upper end oi the bottle neck down through said bottle neck and terminating at the side oi the tube and communicating with the interior of the bottle, said air vent being provided with a plug 8 adapted to be inserted therein aiter the bottle has been lled and immovably fitted in the air vent 7. A partition 9 extends across the bottle body, said vpartition extending up about two-thirds the height oi the bottle body, thus providing a pocket or chamber l0 between said partition and the inner wall oi the bottle body.

The operation oi my invention may be briefly de scribed as follows: With the air vent 7 open the bottle may be readily filled, the liquid passing down through the tube 3 and into the bottle through the perforations 6 in the bottom of said tube. After the bottle has been filled, the plug 8 is inserted in the air vent 7, and secured therein by a suitable cement or other adhesive substance which will prevent its removal. The cork or stopper l1 is then inserted in the neck oi the bottle. When the stopper 11 is withdrawn for the purpose oi decanting the contents of the bottle, the bottle is tipped to one side and the liquid passes through the periorations 6 and out through the bottle neck. After a quantity of the liquid has been withdrawn from the bottle and the bottle is tipped for the purpose of withdrawing the contents, all the liquid which filled the pocket l0 between the partition 9 and the inner wall oi the bottle body is confined below the upper end oi the partition 9 within the main chamber of the bottle, thus restricting the area and aiding materially in withdrawing all the contents oi the bottle through theperiorations 6. After the contents have been withdrawn it will be practically impossible to refill the bottle, owing to the fact that there is no air vent to the interior of the bottle, and the perforations 6 in the lower end oi the tube iorm practically a liquid seal against the entrance oi liquid'without air vent.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that a bottle made in accordance with my invention is comparatively simple in construction, cannot be refilled after its contents have been withdrawn, and the bottle is formed without the use oi valves, balies, or other complex mechanism.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. A non-reiillable bottle having a tube extending from the neck into the bottle and terminating near the bottom of the bottle, said tube having an inclined perforated lower end, and said neck having an air vent extending through the same and communicating with the interior of the bottle, and a plug hermetically sealed in said air vent after the bottle has been lled.

2. A bottle provided with a tube extending from the bottle neck to a point near the bottom of the bottle and provided with a perforated lower end, and a partition extending across the interior of the bottle and terminating below the horizontal plane of the bottle neck.

In testimony whereof, I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM L. PEFLEY.

Witnesses:

R. R. PnFLnY, J. A. CRANE. 

